Improvement in ox-yokes



W. B. KRUM.

Ox-Yoke.

No. 54.176 Patented Apr. 24, 1866 Inventum A. AM. PHOTO-LITHO. C0. NX(OSBDRNE'S PROCESSO UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WM. B. KRUM, OF TROY, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN OX-YOKES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 54,176., dated April24, '1866.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WM. B. KRUM, of Troy, in the county of Bradford andState of Penn- Sylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement onau OX-Yoke and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the construction and operation of the same,reference being had to the annexed Y drawings, making' a part of thespecilcation,

in which- Figure l is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a sectional View.

A, Fig. l, is the main yoke; B B, the independent collar; G C, the bows;D D D D D D D D, the staples of hinge; E E, main bolt of hinge. Thecollar B is held to the main yoke A by a hinge, which is formed of D E,as shown in Fig.I 2, which allows it to swing and adapt itself to theneck of the ox, and the bows always remain perpendicularwith the neck.

I claim- The independent action of collar B and bows C from main yoke A,which is produced by means of hinge formed by D E, which allows the bowsto always remain in an easy position when the oXen are plowing orworking on uneven ground, which improvement does away with the crampingand twisting produced by the old method.

WM. B. KRUM.

Witnesses:

'D. F. VANV ETTEN,

J. M. JoNEs.

